Organic Health Response/Inveneo: Using the 'Net to fight AIDS in Kenya

The folks at Organic Health Response
are doing really good stuff, using IT and environmental sustainability
on Mfangano Island in western Kenya to work against HIV/AIDS across
Lake Victoria.

They're working with Inveneo;
their deal is to get IT, such as computers, telephony, and Internet
access to those who need it most — people and organizations in rural
and highly underserved communities of the developing world.

We're working with OHR and also Inveneo efforts in Haiti and the West
Bank to learn how to better connect people across the world. They
provide sustainable tech, including good bandwidth, to people who
really need it. They're handling the practical problems of getting
network towers up, negotiating with local government.

This was a big year for OHR:

• Established a streamlined referral and follow-up system for HIV/AIDS care and treatment, in partnership with UCSF Family AIDS Care and Education Services;

• Became the leading VCT center in enrollment for all of Suba District within the first three months of operation.

"We have worked for six months since
we've opened the EK's doors, and I feel we have achieved a lot. Getting
740 members within six months is an achievement, to me. This is an
achievement towards our mission. We are on the road to turning the tide
against HIV/AIDS through ICT."